Flying machine



June 8 1926. 1,587,615

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Patented June 8, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. STRAUSS, OF CHICAGQILLINOIS.

FLYING MACHINE;

Application filed December 29, 1928. Serial No. 683,286.

This invention relates to flying machines, and has for its object to provide new and improved machines of this description. My invention has the further object to provide 5 a flying machine which shall be strong and durable and which will resist the great strains and stresses to which such machines are subjected, without injury to the machines. The invention has other objects 10 which are more particularly pointed out in the accompanying description.

Referring now to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one form of flying 'machine embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view showin one of the truss frame members for the b y of the machine. Fig. 5 is a perspective diagrammatic view showing the construction of the body of the' machine.

In the drawings, I have shown a flying machine having a body 1, a tail 2 and the upper wings 3. Lower win s 4 are provided which extend from the b y 1 at an angle and which connect with the upper wings at 5. Each of the lower wings 4 is tapered from the base or lower portion'toward the upper portion, as is clearly seen in the plan view. These wings therefore, act both as win and as braces, and by being tapered eliminate a large part of theinterference between the upper and lower wings.

The body is made of truss construction by means of-the bottom member 6 and the side members 7 and 8, (see Fig. 2). The upper wings are also provided 'with the short braces 9. The body is also rovided with trussmembers 10. The lan ing wheels 11 are connected with the frame 12. The truss members are arranged as shown for example in Fig. .5, the bottoms and tops of adjacent members'being connected together. The truss bracing members may be arranged as shown in Fig. 4 wherein they are rovided with open spaces to make them light. The upper and lower wings are connected by the triangular bracing 14 (see Fig. 2). By means of this construction I am able to produce a light and at the same time exceedingly strong and durable flying machine which is very effective as a flying machine and which will successfully resist the great strains and stresses to wh ch such a machine is subjected.

I have described in detail the particular construction embodying the invention, but it is evident that the parts may be varied in many particulars without departing from the spirit of the invention as embodied in the claims hereto appended, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to the particular construction shown.

I claim:

1. A flying machine comprising a body an upper wing, two lower wings rigidly connected at their upper ends to said upper wing and projecting downwardly at an angle thereto, a rigid connection between the lower ends of said lower inclined wings, and inclined members extending from said connection upwardly and connecting with the upper wing and with each other so as to form a rigid truss construction, the lower Evings acting as struts and as lifting mem ers.

2; A flying machine, comprising a body, an upper wing projecting laterally on each side of said body, two lower wings connected with said bod and projecting at an angle therefrom and connecting with the upper wings, and a triangular brace having its members in a plane longitudinally of the wings connecting the upper and lower wings.

3. A flying machine comprising a body, an upper wing, a lower wing, a triangular truss construction connecting the upper and the lower wings, and rigid braces extending from the two sides of the triangular truss construction and engaging one of said wings on the opposite sides of the point of the triangular truss construction.

Signed at Chicago, county of Cook and 95 State of Illinois, this 17th day of December r 1923. p JOSEPH B. STRAUSS. 

